CIP 2401 · Associate's Degree · Ventura College

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at Ventura College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Ventura College. 953 completers in the most recent 4-year window (929 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $39,467.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$39,467
California CIP-4 median $41,851
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$36,215
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
953
929 most recent year
SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20162017$8,000
$8,750$8,00020162017
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019953
95352220142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
ANNUAL COMPLETERS · 20142019+43%

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at Ventura College · annual completers rose

522 → 953

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
-$9,965
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
graduationyear 0year 39
Cost per year
$2,939
HS-only baseline · CA
$41,880
Years to complete
2
CIP family
24

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 2401

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities across California institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all California Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

City College of San FranciscoPEER$96,593184 gradsMission CollegePEER$77,684128 gradsSkyline CollegePEER$75,221266 gradsEvergreen Valley CollegePEER$69,52869 gradsPalomar CollegePEER$67,708217 gradsCollege of San MateoPEER$64,5718 gradsNational UniversityPEER$63,201144 gradsChabot CollegePEER$57,032396 gradsNapa Valley CollegePEER$51,51933 gradsSaddleback CollegePEER$50,9751,139 gradsBerkeley City CollegePEER$50,844122 gradsCollege of MarinPEER$50,81361 gradsLos Medanos CollegePEER$50,777437 gradsMerritt CollegePEER$49,9902 gradsPasadena City CollegePEER$49,7972,428 gradsFresno City CollegePEER$49,69575 gradsGrossmont CollegePEER$48,052617 gradsSanta Rosa Junior CollegePEER$47,921111 gradsSan Diego Mesa CollegePEER$47,561116 gradsHartnell CollegePEER$47,535468 gradsWest Valley CollegePEER$46,590637 gradsModesto Junior CollegePEER$46,582377 gradsCollege of the CanyonsPEER · POOLED$46,39896 gradsSan Jose City CollegePEER$46,398317 gradsSantiago Canyon CollegePEER$46,145629 gradsLos Angeles Mission CollegePEER$45,764505 gradsIrvine Valley CollegePEER$45,2431,160 gradsSan Joaquin Delta CollegePEER$45,1611,037 gradsGolden West CollegePEER$45,0592,255 gradsLos Angeles Pierce CollegePEER$44,7671,020 gradsMendocino CollegePEER$44,66543 gradsMiraCosta CollegePEER$44,123652 gradsFeather River Community College DistrictPEER$44,10657 gradsOrange Coast CollegePEER$44,010411 gradsBakersfield CollegePEER$43,6411,933 gradsSanta Ana CollegePEER$42,105882 gradsReedley CollegePEER$42,002106 gradsCrafton Hills CollegePEER$41,85117 gradsYuba CollegePEER$41,79924 gradsFolsom Lake CollegePEER$41,73484 gradsEl Camino Community College DistrictPEER$41,424836 gradsMoreno Valley CollegePEER$40,941915 gradsNorco CollegePEER$40,6271,056 gradsCollege of AlamedaPEER$40,625178 gradsOxnard CollegePEER$40,493367 gradsMoorpark CollegePEER$40,0831,224 grads
Ventura CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$39,467953 grads
Columbia CollegePEER$39,02994 gradsMount Saint Mary's UniversityPEER$38,78011 gradsSanta Monica CollegePEER$38,6581,492 gradsCerritos CollegePEER$38,638356 gradsLos Angeles Southwest CollegePEER$38,483683 gradsLemoore CollegePEER$38,377226 gradsVictor Valley CollegePEER$38,344263 gradsTaft CollegePEER$38,31484 gradsSolano Community CollegePEER$38,272357 gradsSan Bernardino Valley CollegePEER$38,199103 gradsGavilan CollegePEER$38,15380 gradsCollege of the SequoiasPEER$37,955706 gradsCypress CollegePEER$37,834354 gradsCoalinga CollegePEER$37,050160 gradsRiverside City CollegePEER$36,9161,871 gradsCoastline Community CollegePEER$36,726378 gradsCollege of the RedwoodsPEER$36,618184 gradsCollege of the DesertPEER$36,361212 gradsImperial Valley CollegePEER$35,757359 gradsCuesta CollegePEER$35,374326 gradsRio Hondo CollegePEER$34,849700 gradsSan Diego City CollegePEER$34,678162 gradsCitrus CollegePEER$34,43035 gradsCuyamaca CollegePEER$34,295187 gradsChaffey CollegePEER$33,3241,219 gradsLos Angeles Harbor CollegePEER$33,0351,284 gradsLife Pacific UniversityPEER$29,8698 gradsMerced CollegePEER$27,79369 gradsAntelope Valley Community College DistrictPEER$26,55694 gradsMt San Antonio CollegePEER$24,5248 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →